Rail passengers face significant disruption over Christmas as a number of lines are closed for engineering work.

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Network Rail (NR), which manages Britain's rail infrastructure, is carrying out up to 200 improvement projects across the UK during the festive period.

No trains will operate to or from London Paddington between December 24 and December 29 because of work to build the new Crossrail rail link.

That means Great Western Railway trains will terminate at Ealing Broadway.

There will be no late-night trains between Cardiff Central, Bridgend, Newport and the Valleys on Christmas Eve due to significant work around the Welsh capital to bring new signalling and tracks into use.

There will be further disruption from December 27th until January 3rd.

A man has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a teenager on a train.

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On Thursday British Transport Police appealed for information after a 17-year-old girl was assaulted on a train travelling between Cardiff and Treherbert. A 38-year-old man from Pontypridd contacted police and has been arrested in connection with the incident. He has now been released on police bail.

The Welsh Government has announced that regulated rail fares in Wales will not rise above the rate of inflation until at least October 2018.

This means that from January 2017 the maximum increase that Arriva Trains Wales can apply to regulated rail fares will be 1.9% - 0% above the Retail Price Index rate of inflation.

For 2017, we have again determined that capping fares at 0% above the rate of inflation is preferable – providing continuity to existing rail users and ensuring that travelling by train remain sattractive and affordable. Rail fare increases from January 2018 until the end of the current franchise in October 2018 will also be capped at the rate of inflation and not a penny more.

Services have been suspended on Arriva Trains Wales between Treherbert and Ystrad Rhondda after a passenger was taken ill on a train.
Trains running between these stations will start/terminate at Ystrad Rhondda.